To be perfectly honest, if I would have paid a bit more attention to the book details on “Rules of Murder” by Julianna Deering, I probably would not have chosen it. It is published by a religious publisher – which is absolutely fine – but as such – would not normally be my choice.

However, once I received and read this book, the religious element was very minor – it probably only comes up about 5 times – mostly having to do with the death of a loved one – and as such, does not stand out much.

“Rules of Murder” is a pleasant English murder mystery – well written and thought out. I don’t think it would put it to the level of Christie or Sayers – but Deering does include more detail and leaves the reader a bit less flabbergasted at the end of the book than either of those two authors.

I wish the author the best with what looks like the beginning of an interesting mystery series.